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Bright Battalions

from A Bob A Bloody Day by The Living Archive Band

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Bright Battalions
Kevin Adams

So far away, those days of light
When the boys were all marched off to fight.
Lines of volunteers in bright battalions
Marching into gathering night.
Heads held high and full of pride
We were assured that God was on our side.
Death lay waiting for the bright battalions,
Death was not to be denied.

Chorus:
They shall not grow old
As we that are left grow old.
They shall not grow old.

Khaki drill and Field Grey,
See them spread before the guns’ array,
Lines of sacrifice in doomed battalions-
Fritz and Tommy had to pay.
There's a look I recognise
When I see it in a soldier's eyes-
You were there among the doomed battalions
You saw death with no disguise.

Chorus

Now it's done and I survive,
Why should I be spared and left alive?
I am not numbered with the bright battalions
My call up failed to arrive.
The paper poppies tumble down,
A single bugle lets the last post sound,
Age shall not weary the bright battalions
In memory only they are found.

Chorus

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from A Bob A Bloody Day, released August 17, 2019
Words & music: Kevin Adams

Kevin Adams: guitar, mandola, backing vocal
Brad Bradstock: lead & backing vocals, guitar
Paul Clark: guitar, backing vocal
Marion Hill: lead & backing vocal
Sue Malleson: lead & backing vocal

Recorded 2009 by Kevin Adams; originally issued on All That’s Changed Vol 2

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The Living Archive Band Milton Keynes, UK

An acoustic quintet with an emphasis on strong vocals to deliver both songs and the spoken word depicting the experiences of the people of North Buckinghamshire past and present. The inhabitants of the towns of Wolverton, Stony Stratford and Bletchley and of course the new city of Milton Keynes all have had something to say, and the Living Archive Band gives them a voice. ... more

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